Chicago, Illinois
The DNA Discovery Center
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
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Chicago, Illinois
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Stirling, Scotland
A distinctive building that incorporates a mythical beast into its architecture.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An unpaid bill, a stolen stone, and a famous fashion designer rest peacefully alongside a heroine of Highlands history.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.
Beauly, Scotland
These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.
Beauly, Scotland
After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Bradenton, Florida
These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.
Sarasota, Florida
The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.
Madison, Wisconsin
Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.
Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.
Appleton, Wisconsin
This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.
Two Rivers, Wisconsin
The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.
Taranna, Australia
The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
A natural rock bridge towers above the sea.
Queens Domain, Australia
The abandoned remains of a once popular zoo, and the grave of the last known Tasmanian Tiger.